The Minister of State for Road Transport and Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that as per the data received from police departments of States/UTs, significant reduction in road accidents and fatality have been achieved in the calendar year 2017. Incidence of road accidents have declined by 3.3 per cent in 2017 as compared to 2016. There is a 1.9 per cent fall in the number of persons killed in road accidents in 2017.

Parameter

2016

2017

% change over previous year

Number of road accidents

4,80,652

4,64,910

-3.3

Number of persons killed

1,50,785

1,47,913

-1.9

State and UT-wise details of number of road accidents persons killed in road accidents during the calendar years 2016 and 2017 is as follows:-

Sl. No.

States/UTs

Number of Road Accidents

Persons killed

2016

2017

2016

2017

Andhra Pradesh

24888

25727

8541

8060

Arunachal Pradesh

249

241

149

110

Assam

7435

7170

2572

2783

Bihar

8222

8855

4901

5554

Chhattisgarh

13580

13563

3908

4136

Goa

4304

3917

336

328

Gujarat

21859

19081

8136

7289

Haryana

11234

11258

5024

5120

Himachal Pradesh

3168

3114

1271

1203

Jammu & Kashmir

5501

5624

958

926

Jharkhand

4932

5198

3027

3256

Karnataka

44403

42542

11133

10609

Kerala

39420

38470

4287

4131

Madhya Pradesh

53972

53399

9646

10177

Maharashtra

39878

35853

12935

12264

Manipur

538

578

81

136

Meghalaya

620

675

150

182

Mizoram

83

68

70

60

Nagaland

75

531

46

41

Odisha

10532

10855

4463

4790

Punjab

6952

6273

5077

4463

Rajasthan

23066

22112

10465

10444

Sikkim

210

196

85

78

Tamil Nadu

71431

65562

17218

16157

Telangana

22811

22484

7219

6596

Tripura

557

503

173

161

Uttarakhand

1591

1603

962

942

Uttar Pradesh

35612

38783

19320

20124

West Bengal

13580

11631

6544

5769

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

238

189

17

21

Chandigarh

428

342

151

107

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

70

67

46

43

Daman & Diu

71

79

38

36

Delhi

7375

6673

1591

1584

Lakshadweep

1

1

1

0

Puducherry

1766

1693

244

233

Total

480652

464910

150785

147913

The Minister further informed that Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) was launched on 9th May, 2015 by the Government to provide accidental insurance cover including for road accidents. PMSBY provides accidental death/disability insurance cover of Rs. 2 Lakhs for an annual premium of Rs.12/-. Any person within the age group of 18-70 years having a bank account can enrol for PMSBY. The scheme is offered/ administered through Insurance Companies both public sector and private in tie-up with scheduled commercial banks / Regional Rural Banks / Cooperative Banks concerned.